Sermons from Trinity Cathedral Portland

"Tattoos are about agency."   About today's speaker: Eric Eye is a professional tattoo artist who focuses on restorative tattoo, in particular nipple and areola reproduction for breast cancer survivors. Learn more & see his work at EricEyeTattoo.com or @ericeyetattoos on Instagram.   Advent for Every Body is a daily podcast exploring how human bodies bear God in our world. Listen every day in Adve...

"So... are you pregnant?" About today's speaker: The Rev'd Shana McCauley is Canon for Cathedral Life at Trinity Cathedral in Portland. After getting a journalism degree from the University of Washington, she meandered her way to a call to the priesthood getting a Masters of Divinity from Seabury Western in Chicago, serving in California, and then settling down in Oregon. She is half Korean and ha...

"Sometimes, perhaps too often, we use our bodies as a place to hide our shame." Sermon by Elaine Harris, recorded live at 10:00am on Sunday December 18, 2022. View the video archive of this sermon on our YouTube channel's  Sermon Playlist . Be sure to like us on  Facebook ,  Instagram , and  Twitter , and learn more about this open & welcoming community, including upcoming events, at  trinity-epis...

"This is the image I was created in." About today's speakers: Lavinia Martin-Weber is a performer and Digital Content Creator for Trinity Cathedral Portland. She has wide experience in the performing arts, both onstage and off, and she has worked several years as a content curator for various companies, specializing in the art of memes and short, trendy, video snippets.  T ripp Hudgins is a musici...

"Our bodies are freaking amazing." About today's speaker: The Rev'd Jennifer Creswell is the Vicar of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in North Portland, and is a doula and chaplain in Portland, OR.   Advent for Every Body is a daily podcast exploring how human bodies bear God in our world. Listen every day in Advent in the "Sermons from Trinity Cathedral Portland" podcast feed,  trinitycathpdx.podbe...

"Our bodies are filled with the divine." About today's speaker:  The Rev'd Maria Gwyn McDowell is the Rector of St. Philip the Deacon Episcopal Church where she is working with non-profit organizations to implement the long-standing hope of the parish: affordable housing for the black descendents of parish members and neighbors displaced by the City of Portland. She is a student and teacher of lib...

"If I'm not doing it to win, why am I doing it?" About today's speaker: The Rev'd Mitchell Smith rector of St. Martin in the Field Episcopal Church in Columbia, SC.   Advent for Every Body is a daily podcast exploring how human bodies bear God in our world. Listen every day in Advent in the "Sermons from Trinity Cathedral Portland" podcast feed,  trinitycathpdx.podbean.com .

"Mary had a baby so I can be holy in my body now – not just after I'm rid of it."   About today's speaker: Equal parts funeral director, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Jesus hippie, Christina Kukuk is author of Loving What Doesn't Last: An Adoration of the Body .   Advent for Every Body is a daily podcast exploring how human bodies bear God in our world. Listen every day in Advent in the "Sermons fr...

"There is a prohibition against connecting with our bodies."  About today's speaker: Lauren Loos is a therapist and spiritual director. She serves on the vestry at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Portland, OR.   Advent for Every Body is a daily podcast exploring how human bodies bear God in our world. Listen every day in Advent in the "Sermons from Trinity Cathedral Portland" podcast feed,  trinity...

"Jesus's unpartnered body empowers those who are single."  About today's speaker: The Rev'd Chanta Bhan is Associate Priest over Youth & Family Ministries at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Austin, Texas.   Advent for Every Body is a daily podcast exploring how human bodies bear God in our world. Listen every day in Advent in the "Sermons from Trinity Cathedral Portland" podcast feed,  trinityca...

"To live in my body is to feel misinterpreted, feared, vulnerable, and disappointing." Sermon by the Rev'd Chris Craun , recorded live at 10:00am on Sunday December 11, 2022. View the video archive of this sermon on our YouTube channel's  Sermon Playlist . Be sure to like us on  Facebook ,  Instagram , and  Twitter , and learn more about this open & welcoming community, including upcoming events,...

"Even at rest, your heart goes on beating." About today's speaker: The Rev'd Chris Arnold is an Episcopal priest in the Diocese of Fon Du Lac in NE Wisconsin. He serves as a supply priest, spiritual director, and retreat leader.    Advent for Every Body is a daily podcast exploring how human bodies bear God in our world. Listen every day in Advent in the "Sermons from Trinity Cathedral Portland" p...

"We're all on the verge of death. The only question is: how you want to live?" About today's speaker: The Rev'd Christopher Bell is Hospice Chaplain for Vista River Hospice  in Wilsonville, OR. He previously spent 15 years as a Unitarian Universalist parish minister.    Advent for Every Body is a daily podcast exploring how human bodies bear God in our world. Listen every day in Advent right here...

"We who are on the trails partake in our own church." About today's speaker:  Faith Curammeng is Communication Studies Instructor at the University of Portland and a vestry member at Trinity Cathedral, Portland.   Advent for Every Body is a daily podcast exploring how human bodies bear God in our world. Listen every day in Advent right here in the "Sermons from Trinity Cathedral Portland" podcast...

"Your body is a miracle so deep that God herself longed to be in a body like yours." About today's speaker:  Kerlin Richter is an Episcopal Priest, a painter, a writer, a preacher, a 7 on the enneagram, a failed southerner, a stalled drummer, and an unrepentant schemer. Kerlin is currently the Rector of Saint David of Wales Episcopal Church in Southeast Portland, OR, and is currently in the proces...

"I have been at war with my body since I was young." About today's speaker: Joanne Gallardo is Conference Minister for Indiana-MI Mennonite Conference of the Mennonite Church USA in Goshen, Indiana. Originally from northwest Ohio, Joanne is a graduate of Goshen College and Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Elkhart, Indiana. In addition to church work, Joanne has spent part of her career wo...

"Did Mary's heartbreak feel like mine?" About today's speaker: Alicia Johnson is a parishioner, member of Spiritual Formation Commission, and Youth Leader at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral.   Advent for Every Body is a daily podcast exploring how human bodies bear God in our world. Listen every day in Advent right here in the "Sermons from Trinity Cathedral Portland" podcast feed.

"Anyone with cancer knows the challenge of loving our bodies when it seems like our bodies have turned against us." About today's speaker: The Rev'd Karen Tiegs is a priest in the Episcopal Diocese of Oregon.   Advent for Every Body is a daily podcast exploring how human bodies bear God in our world. Listen every day in Advent right here in the "Sermons from Trinity Cathedral Portland" podcast fee...

"Children can teach us how to enter a mystery." Sermon by Canon Charissa Simmons, recorded live at 10:00am on Sunday December 4, 2022. View the video archive of this sermon on our YouTube channel's  Sermon Playlist . Be sure to like us on  Facebook ,  Instagram , and  Twitter , and learn more about this open & welcoming community, including upcoming events, at  trinity-episcopal.org .

"Birth is purely physical and all miraculous."   About today's speaker: Elizabeth Schroeder is a licensed practical nurse with experience in midwifery, including well-woman care, prenatal, postpartum, and labor and delivery care, as well as long-term care and rehab, currently serving at Elderplace. She is also Music Leader and a member at St. Philip the Deacon in Portland, OR.   Advent for Every B...

"Was Mary a mother nature goddess, or was she just a girl from Nazareth?"   About today's speaker: The Rev'd Michael Ellick is a United Church of Christ pastor and a Community Organizer from the Goose Hollow neighborhood in Portland, OR. Raised in a Conservative Baptist church in Washington State, Ellick studied Comparative Religion and Philosophy at the University of Washington before earning his...

"I can't claim to have really understood my own body until my child was born." About today's speaker: The Rev'd Hope Benko  is Vice President of Enrollment Management and Student Services for Seminary of the Southwest . A lifelong Episcopalian, she relishes building relationships throughout the wider church to welcome new students to our community. Hope is married to the the Rev'd Dr. Andrew Benko...

"Through Mary, the trauma of hunger, brutality, and inequity are met with mercy."  About today's speaker: Mary Curlew, LCSW , is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Portland, Maine, and a postulate for the priesthood in Diocese of Massachusetts. She lives in Peakes Island, Maine. Advent for Every Body is a daily podcast exploring how human bodies bear God in our world. Listen every day in Advent...

"You're too busy to listen to this podcast." About today's speakers: The Rev'd Dr. Matthew Lawrence wants your brain happy, your curiosity sparked, and your heart opened to the wisdom of this ancient and often difficult tradition. A graduate of the University of Chicago’s Divinity School, he oversees the educational offerings at Trinity. A student of Zen as well as Contemplative Prayer, he has ser...

"Our bodies are portals to the holy." About today's speaker: The Rev'd Heidi Haverkamp is a writer, spiritual director, and Episcopal priest. In 2019, she won two awards from the Church Associated Press for her article “ How I learned to love the doctrine of total depravity ” in The Christian Century. Her newest book is a year-long personal study and prayer resource based on the Sunday lectionary,...